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How should we react towards unbelievers? CHRIST chose not to repulse them.
However I wonder the phrase....show me your friends and I tell you who you are...
AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!!!Matthew 5
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
As for the phrase that has you wondering. Have a look at this.
Luke 7
34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
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Matthew 5
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
As for the phrase that has you wondering. Have a look at this.
Luke 7
34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
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AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!!!
Thanks. Most of my friends are unbelievers - elegant unbelievers. I can't force them to change. And that look...when friends see me with them...Matthew 5
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
As for the phrase that has you wondering. Have a look at this.
Luke 7
34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
.
I have had a serious issue with this: trying to repulse them, then I studied JESUS' Life.We should be a Christian example to unbelievers.We are the salt and the light of this world as Christians.Even though they may be unkind at times and we as Christians may not be welcome in their lives.I would not choose an unbeliever as a best friend and I do not take advice from an unbeliever because it usually is very worldly.
Thanks. Most of my friends are unbelievers - elegant unbelievers. I can't force them to change. And that look...when friends see me with them...
I don't have a problem with nonbelievers. Many Christians forget that at one time in their lives, they were nonbelievers.
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I don't have a problem with nonbelievers. Many Christians forget that at one time in their lives, they were nonbelievers.
I must add to this topic that love does not mean a command to tolerate sin. As a child my parents loved me but still pointed out my errors. Sometimes more so than other times...
We get "Judge not" and so forth all the time here in the attempt to push for that tolerance, to muzzle the Christian message of Christ and/or talk of Christ Himself.
Just so it's clear.
When I made that statement I wasn't insinuating that we are to tolerate sin or sinful behavior.
I like Kathi's advice. Unbelievers in my life have all gone from friends down to acquaintances. This was not my decision. Bad company corrupts good morals--I couldn't be around worldly excess, or even worldly vices in moderation. Also, not to sound holier-than-thou or whatever, but the sense of spiritual deadness and desperation than some of my unbeliever friends had/have got to be a bit too much for me to deal with.
I like Kathi's advice. Unbelievers in my life have all gone from friends down to acquaintances. This was not my decision. Bad company corrupts good morals--I couldn't be around worldly excess, or even worldly vices in moderation. Also, not to sound holier-than-thou or whatever, but the sense of spiritual deadness and desperation than some of my unbeliever friends had/have got to be a bit too much for me to deal with.
I guess this phrase depends, and is only as valuable, on whom is making it. Jesus was a friend to sinners, lepers, social outcast, and he was God in the flesh.However I wonder the phrase....show me your friends and I tell you who you are...
I can not discuss with them what is closest to my heart,Jesus Christ.They do not want to hear it.They criticize me when I pray before my meals and it saddens me to hear alot of their conversations.I like Kathi's advice. Unbelievers in my life have all gone from friends down to acquaintances. This was not my decision. Bad company corrupts good morals--I couldn't be around worldly excess, or even worldly vices in moderation. Also, not to sound holier-than-thou or whatever, but the sense of spiritual deadness and desperation than some of my unbeliever friends had/have got to be a bit too much for me to deal with.
I can not discuss with them what is closest to my heart,Jesus Christ.They do not want to hear it.They criticize me when I pray before my meals and it saddens me to hear alot of their conversations.